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Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Lithuania competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.[1]

Lithuania at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeLTU
NPCLithuanian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.lpok.lt
in Beijing
Competitors27 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 56th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Silver Aldona Grigaliuniene Athletics Women's Shot Put - F37/38
  Silver Arcydas Juchna
Saulius Leonavicius
Nerijus Montvydas
Genrik Pavliukianec
Zydrunas Simkus
Marius Zibolis		 Goalball Men's team

Sports

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Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

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Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Linas Balsys T12 10000m — DNF
Marathon — 2:39:55 12

Men's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Algirdas Tatulis F42 Discus throw 35.38 - 10
Rolandas Urbonas F11-12 Discus throw 44.41 874 7
Shot put 14.72 908 7

Women's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Ramune Adomaitiene F35-38 Javelin throw NMR
F37-38 Shot put 10.03 878 11
Malda Baumgarte F57-58 Javelin throw 20.72 703 11
Aldona Grigaliuniene F37-38 Discus throw 26.73 902 8
Shot put 12.58 1102  
Irena Perminiene F54-56 Shot put 5.97 962 6
Dangute Skeriene F12-13 Shot put 10.17 815 8

Goalball

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Main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The men's team won the silver medal after losing in the gold medal match against China.

Players

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Tournament

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Lithuania  9 - 5  Belgium
Finland  5 - 15  Lithuania
Lithuania  10 - 0  Spain
Denmark  1 - 10  Lithuania
Lithuania  6 - 7  Slovenia
Quarterfinals
Canada  0 - 10  Lithuania
Semifinals
Lithuania  10 - 3  Sweden
Gold medal match
China  9 - 8  Lithuania

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1 		Repechage
round 2 		Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Jonas Stoskus Men's 90kg   Mammadov (AZE)
L 0000–0211 		—   Junk (GER)
L 0000-1102 		did not advance

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

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Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Andrius Bickauskas S1 50m backstroke — 2:27.68 5
Kestutis Skucas S4 50m freestyle 49.56 11 did not advance
200m freestyle 3:55.82 9 did not advance
50m backstroke 49.67 4 Q 50.59 5

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Women's tournament

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The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out of 8 teams.

Players
Group B Matches
7 September 2008
9:00 		  Lithuania (LTU) 0–3   United States (USA) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(15–25, 18–25, 09–25)
 
8 September 2008
9:00 		  China (CHN) 3-0   Lithuania (LTU) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(25–18, 25–17, 25–14)
 
9 September 2008
12:00 		  Lithuania (LTU) 3-0   Latvia (LAT) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(16–25, 25–16, 25–19, 25–19)
 
5-8th Semifinals
12 September 2008
17:30 		  Japan (JPN) 1–3   Lithuania (LTU) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(17–25, 25–20, 18–25, 19–25)
 
5th-6th Classification match
13 September 2008
14:00 		  Lithuania (LTU) 0–3   Ukraine (UKR) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(18–25, 19–25, 19–25)
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Second group of delegations enters Paralympic Village" Archived 2008-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, September 1, 2008
  

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